Atom Group

The Cayman Islands liquidators and Singapore judicial manager of three firms whose group - which also includes entities in Hong Kong, Malta, and Seychelles - allegedly perpetrated a $30 million fraud via its Atom Asset Exchange (AAX) crypto platform have applied for Chapter 15 bankruptcy recognition in the United States.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of Foreign Main Proceedings in the Cayman Islands and Singapore by Angela Barkhouse, Kim Leck, and Luke Furler, all of Quantuma, as the Foreign Representatives of Atom Holdings (in Provisional Liquidation), AAX Asia Private Limited (Under Interim Judicial Management), and AAX Singapore Private Limited (Under Interim Judicial Management), described as being part of a group that "engaged in the cryptocurrency business, offering saving, spot, and futures trading", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Winding Up Petition in Kalaivani Kandesan, a resident of Singapore, and Ulf Parpart-Hergesell, a citizen of Germany v. Atom Holdings, which "carried on business as a cryptocurrency exchange", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.